The Big Story: Respected Chemist Dead (EP4922)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Original Radio Broadcast: March 9, 1949
Originating from New York
Starring: Sydney Smith as Ike McAnally; Ann Burr; Agnes Young; Lyle Sudrow; Ted Osborne
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to the great detectives of old time radio from Boise, Idaho. |
| 0:34.5 | This is your host, Adam Graham. |
| 0:40.3 | In a moment, we're going to bring you this week's episode of The Big Story. But first, if you are enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your |
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| 0:54.3 | Patreon supporters. For as little as $2 per month, just go to patreon.gratetectives.net. But now, |
| 1:02.4 | from March 9th, 1948, here is respected chemists dead. |
| 1:10.8 | The big story. |
| 1:11.8 | I was up on the road near the dam when it happened. |
| 1:24.5 | All of a sudden there was an explosion, |
| 1:26.2 | then I saw this car down here burning. |
| 1:27.9 | Take it slow, Mr. Will you? |
| 1:29.4 | I'm trying to write this down on my report. I ran right down here, but the heat drove me back. Then I called you safe as least quick as I could. Near as I can make out, someone must have gotten out of the car and stag it over here to the river. What happened to him? What do you think? Oh, the body went over the dam. |
| 1:44.5 | If he was lucky, he was dead when it happened. |
| 1:46.4 | All that water, thousands of tons of... happened to him? What do you think? Oh, the body. It went over the dam. |
| 1:44.5 | If he was lucky, he was dead when it happened. |
| 1:46.4 | All that water, thousands of tons of it. |
| 1:48.8 | Pouring down like a rain of steel. |
| 1:51.1 | We'll never find his body now. |
| 1:52.9 | Never. |
| 2:05.1 | The big story. |
| 2:07.2 | Here is America. |
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